JAMES H. BLUE. This gentleman is a representative of another of the families that came here when this part of the country was a howling wilderness filled with wild animals and with roving bands of Indians. The subject of this memoir, when he was a boy, played with the little Indians many times, and before their removal became familiar with their games and methods of hunting. The family came here in the year 1835, and it is said were the first white people to locate permanently in Franklin township. When they first came they had nothing but the wild tract of land, and at first were obliged to live in a small Indian hut. This answered the purpose until a substantial log cabin could be built. It was typical of the times, built of round logs, with a huge fireplace in one end, with puncheon floors and clapboard roof, set down in the midst of a little clearing in the dense woods. With this rude beginning in this county and with these wild and primitive surroundings, the Blues became Hoosiers in the correct meaning of the term and their cabin was a veritable "Hoosier's Nest."

James H. Blue was born in Fayette county, Ohio, November 16, 1830, and is the child of Benjamin and Margaret (Riley) Blue. The Blues were originally from Scotland, thence went to Holland owing to religious persecution, and finally to America, as the only country where they could conduct their affairs as they desired. Peter Blue, grandfather of subject, was born in Virginia, and upon attaining manhood married Miss Susan Kelch and emigrated to Jefferson county, Ohio, where the latter owned a farm of over two hundred acres and followed farming as well as coopering, the latter being his trade. To him and wife eleven children were born, eight sons and three daughters. Benjamin, the ninth child and the father of subject, was born in December, 1802. While he was yet a lad his father moved to Fayette county, of that state, and there Benjamin was reared to man's estate. He attended the rude subscription schools of his neighborhood and managed to secure a fair education in the primary branches, the three Rs being the leading studies of that time. His summers were spent at hard work on the farm. Peter Blue at the time of his death was possessed of a considerable estate, consisting mostly of land. This afforded some assistance to his family in getting a start in life. Benjamin, upon attaining manhood, sought the hand of Miss Margaret Riley in marriage and in 1823 their wedding occurred in Fayette county. Subject was unable at this time to buy land, and accordingly for twelve years he rented tracts and farmed same and managed to get a little ahead. But it was uphill business at best, and he thereupon determined to go farther west where land was cheaper and where his small savings would go as far as possible toward buying a farm. He made the trip to Indiana in 1834, traveling on horseback the most of the distance out and back, and while there learned that he could greatly better his condition. In the fall of 1835 he placed his family in covered wagons and came through as fast as possible to Kosciusko county, landing near Cunette, in Prairie township, where he and family spent the first winter. During this time he entered from the government a half-section of the best land he could find in what is now Franklin and Harrison townships, the entry being made February 10, 1836. This was during President Jackson's administration, though the deed was signed by Van Buren. He moved his family on this land and occupied the Indian hut, as before narrated. He was probably the first permanent settler in what is now Franklin township. A few scattering families were in the surrounding townships, but all else was wholly wild, unsettled and largely unexplored. They here began pioneer life in earnest. Mr. Blue was a man of great force of character and prodigious energy, and he and his family went to work in dead earnest to carve a home from the wilds. Wild and savage animals were often seen in the surrounding woods, and deer occasionally came into the clearings to steal the roasting ears. There was plenty to do for all members of the family.

There was at all times the big trees to fell, heap and burn, the brush to get riel of, the stumps to dig out or burn out, the crops to sow and reap among the stumps and brush which came up again and again to annoy the settler. The boys were not permitted to become lonesome for want of work. And when they did occasionally have a frolic, such as a shooting contest, or a husking match, or a hunt of the neighborhood one of the circular sort, where a great many men would surround a large section of the forest and then slowly approach a common center, shooting all the animals that tried to break through the line, they did not fail to enjoy themselves as well as some of the youths of the present day do. The old settlers declare to a man that they had better times than do the youth of today. From the sportsman's standpoint they certainly did, but perhaps not from the standpoint of the dress party. Ere long the family moved into a better and more commodious cabin than the old Indian hut. Every house was a log cabin in those days, and when a settler got able to build a double hewed-log house he was regarded as having made a marvelous advance. It was customary for the settlers, whenever a new one appeared, to gather in from many miles around and assist him in raising his log cabin. All the men would start in, cut down the trees of about the proper size, cut them into suitable lengths, roll or haul them with oxen to the site of the proposed structure, where ax-men would notch them, whip off the bark and another gang would then hoist them to their places on the walls. Subject's father, and even himself, often participated in these "raisings." The father became familiar with all the best tracts of land in this vicinity by showing new settlers the desirable tracts as they came on for purposes of investigation. To Benjamin and wife the following children were born: Two that died in infancy; Wil1iam, who married Miss Temperance Meredith; Sarah, who wedded John VanTreese; Peter, who married Miss Minerva Milburn, and has been married once since; James H.

James H. Blue was educated in the old log schoolhouse, with its greased paper windows and its puncheon floor. He applied himself diligently to his studies and was educated better than the average boy of that period. He remained hard at work on his father's farm until he attained his majority. In October, 1852, he went to Ohio where he found employment on a farm in tilling the soil, chopping wood and splitting rails. While thus engaged he became acquainted with Miss Phoebe, daughter of Elijah and Nancy Bloomer, and on July 19, 1855, they were married. The following January they came to this county and rented land of his father, and a little later bought eighty acres. This was in the woods, but he went to work to clear off the timber, and kept adding to his farm until at one time he owned three hundred and twenty acres. To himself and wife ten children were born: Elijah A., born May 26, 1856; John, born July 14, 1858; Charles, born September, 13, 1860; Margaret, born January 20, 1863; William J., born October 15, 1864; Benjamin F., born October 15, 1866; Marion E., born in November, 1868, and died January 30, 1877.

James H. Blue, like his father, is a member of the Democratic party. The father served this county in the state legislature about the year 1851 and was a man of unusual natural ability. The son has all of the father's good and strong qualities. He has served as supervisor and in other ways has made himself useful to the people of this vicinity. His name is above reproach and his life is blameless. He is one of the leaders of this portion of the county in al1 matters that tend to the upbuilding of the community. The county has no better farmer nor representative citizen.

Progressive Men and Women of Kosciusko County, IndianaB. F. Bowen, PublisherLogansport, Indiana1902

PETER B. BLUE. Among those who first braved the wilds of Kosciusko connty, when the Indians were still here and the wild animals were everyday sights in the dense woods, is the subject of this sketch. He was born August 29, 1829, and was brought here by his father in 1835. At that time all of northern Indiana was an almost unbroken wilderness, with a general covering of heavy timber, but here and there interspersed with small open tracts or prairies. When they arrived here the Pottawattomie Indians were as thick as birds' nests, their wigwams dotting the banks of every little stream in the county. They fished and hunted and always brought in many skins of the game they killed. From them the subject learned to talk their language so well that he had no trouble in making himself understood. He ran races with the little redskins and wrestled with them. They were generally friendly, but were ready at any suitable moment to take up the hatchet and strike terror into the homes of the pioneers. He learned from them their methods of hunting, and soon in all things was as expert as they were. He took part in the neighboring hunts when attempts were made on a large scale to kill off the wolves that infested the dense forest. His father, Benjamin Blue, was the first settler in this section of the county. Their land was wholly in the deep woods and the trees and brush had to be c1eared off before a crop could be raised. He was set to work at an early age and soon learned from practical experience to know what was the meaning of the words "hard work." But there, were many pleasures in the woods for all that. There were the shooting matches, where the young men would try their skill, and the racing, the hunting, the fishing, the reaping and the harvesting, the meetings under the big trees, where the old-fashioned circuit riders sang their wonderful sermons for hours at a time, the subscription schools and the three Rs and the master with his rod about ten feet or more in length (which they believed in, as did their parents). With them it was "spare the rod and spoil the child," and as they did not wish to do the latter, they administered allopathic doses of the rod, and the youngsters thrived under their administrations. Subject passed through all of this, but it seems almost increditable that such sweeping changes have been made in the comparatively short space of two or three generations. When subject was twenty years old his father gave him his time and he began to do for himself. He went back to Ohio and worked there for one year in farming and cutting wood, and then returned to this county. He joined with his brother James and together they farmed their father's place for two years. He then made some changes, but remained with his father until he was twenty-six years old. On August 6, 1855, he was united in marriage with Miss Minerva Milburn, a sister of Austin Milburn. One child was born to this union, Elizabeth M., who became the wife of William Mollenhour, and died January 19, 1899. Mr. Blue's first wife died May 20, 1857, and after a time he wedded Elizabeth Grubbs, who bore him seven children, as follows: William F., born September 23, 1860, died in 1873; Austin born in February, 1863, married Miss Sarber and lives in Franklin township; Alonzo, born in May, 1865, wedded Miss Ollie Mollenhour and resides in Franklin township; Benjamin, born 1868, married Miss Amanda Whetstone and lives in Franklin township; James H. married Miss Ida Brewer and lives in Harrison township; John, who married Miss Pearl Rouch, lives with his father; Etta became the wife of Edward Halterman and lives in Athens, Fulton county. The subject's last wife died September 20, 1893, since which time he has resided with his son John. When the subject was first married he owned one hundred and twenty acres, all in the woods, and of this he cleared before he was married about twenty acres. He added to this farm from time to time until he at one time owned a total of four hundred and twenty acres. He has been a hard worker, and is so yet, despite his age. He is a Democrat and has filled several local positions much to his own credit and to the satisfaction of his neighbors. He is widely known and has the respect and confidence of a large circle of friends. His long and busy life is rapidly drawing to a close, but when he finally passes over the river it will be with the knowledge that his life has been we11 and honorably spent.

Progressive Men and Women of Kosciusko County, IndianaB. F. Bowen, PublisherLogansport, Indiana1902

G. W. WORLEY. George W. Worley, county superintendent of schools of Kosciusko county, Indiana, and now residing in the city of Warsaw, is a native of the Buckeye state and was born in Ashland county, December 19, 1855, but has lived in Kosciusko county, Indiana, since his tenth year, his parents, Elisha R. and Mary J. Worley, having come to the county in 1865. The father for six years was engaged in the drug business at Silver Lake and then settled on a farm in Lake township, where his wife died in 1884, and where he still lives, at the age of seventy-five years. He is a Republican in politics and a Lutheran in religion and aided in founding the First Lutheran society at Silver Lake and financially in erecting the church edifice. The children born to Elisha R. and Mary J. Worley are two in number, namely: Dora, wife of Benjamin F. Van Camp, of Warsaw, and G. W., whose name opens this biographical memoir.

George W. Worley was educated fundamentally in the common schools at Silver Lake, but was so well instructed that he was able at the youthful age of sixteen years to enter upon the vocation of teacher. His first school was known as No. 2, of Seward township, and his pupils were nearly all older than himself. But he proved to be fully adequate for the position, and his great success led him to decide upon teaching as his future pursuit in life. Many of his earlier pupils have also become teachers or members of other professions, some of them being quite prominent in their various callings. Mr. Worley's plan as an instructor was to mingle freely with his pupils and thus become familiar with their individual dispositions and win their confidence, a plan that proved to be fraught with satisfactory results and which he still adheres to. During vacations Mr. Worley attended the North Indiana Normal Institute at Valparaiso and resumed teaching when the summer season had passed. With the exception of six years when engaged in the manufacture of brick and tile at Silver Lake, Mr. Worley has taught school continuously. For three years he was principal of the school at Brookston, White county, but the remainder of the time has been devoted to the schools of Kosciusko county, six years of this time as principal at Silver Lake. He has always taken much interest in the educational work of the county and attends all teachers' meetings and society gatherings.

In December, 1895, Mr. Worley was elected county superintendent of schools and assumed the duties of the position at once, succeeding Prof. E. J. McAlpine, who died in office. Since entering upon his official duties Mr. Worley has been an enthusiastic friend of high schools and within the past seven years has encouraged their organization six of which have been organized under his instrumentality, making fourteen in all, five being township high schools at Oswego, Sidney, Beaver Dam, Claypool and Burket, all others being joint schools, or mixed high and common. Any county pupil may now secure a high-school training and he fully prepared to enter college. The attendance at the high schools has increased one hundred per cent There are one hundred and sixty-six country schools in the county, in which are two hundred and twelve teachers, of whom about twenty-five per cent have had normal training. An institute held each fall is counted as a part of the school year, and a teachers' association holds a session of two days at each Thanksgiving vacation. About ninety-five per cent of the teachers attend both. The abandonment of small schools and better work in central schools, with closer grading, or better preparation for high school, is now the prevailing idea.

Prof. G. W. Worley was united in marriage in 1886 at West Middletown, Washington county, Pennsylvania, to Miss Anna Liggett, who had been one of his pupils in Kosciusko county and had finished her education in the Washington (Pennsylvania) Female Seminary. Of the three children born to this marriage Beryl is now nine years old, Lucy is seven, and one child died in infancy.

Fraternally Prof. Worley is a member of the Masonic brotherhood, is an Odd Fellow, a Knight of Pythias, a Red Man and a member of the Tribe of Ben Hur. He has passed all the chairs in the Odd Fellows subordinate lodge, has sat in the grand lodge and is a member of the grand encampment. In politics he is active as a Republican and has served as a delegate to various conventions of his party, while socially he and his wife stand deservedly as favorites.

Progressive Men and Women of Kosciusko County, IndianaB. F. Bowen, PublisherLogansport, Indiana1902

MRS. ALLIE JONES. It is a fact that the women of the farming community are hardly ever given any credit for the sacrifices and labors incident to their lives. Though very often they are of material benefit to their husbands or even surpass them in industry and saving, they are generally overlooked when the credits are entered on the daily ledger of the community. As a matter of fact, it is true that the most of men ascribe to their wives the greatest share in accumulating a home and in rearing a family. Most people forget that "the hand that rocks the cradle is the hand that rules the world." Every great man has a great mother. No man should overlook the part taken in his success by the wife of his young manhood. She struggled with him through the trials of getting started in the world and should be the sharer of his triumphs as well as his sorrows. But some men arrogate to themselves the Eon's share of the glory and attempt to belittle the part borne by woman in our civilization. However, these men are few and far between, and should be. Give your wives the proper credit and let the sunshine into their lives and you will be repaid a thousand fold.

Mrs. Allie Jones is the daughter of William and Saloma (Winters) Gochenouer, and was born in Harrison township, Kosciusko county, Indiana, April 17, 1867. The Gochenouer family are descended from an old Virginia family and are of Germanic descent. The father was born in Virginia and was twice married, Mrs. Jones being a child of the second marriage. Her father was a pioneer of Harrison township, this county, and his second marriage occurred here. Seven children were born to the second marriage, as follows: Benjamin, who married Miss Alice Hartman and is a veterinary surgeon at Warsaw; George and John, twins, of whom George married Jennie Haines and lives in Seward township and John married Junia Longfellow and resides on the old farm in Harrison township; Eliza and Elza, twins, of whom the former married Minor Lynn and lives in Wayne township, and the latter is deceased; Dora, who became the wife of Hiram Sarber, is now a widow and resides in Warsaw; Allie, subject. The latter was reared on her father's farm and taught the duties of the household. She attended the country schools and advanced far enough in her studies to secure a certificate for teaching, and accordingly taught four terms in Harrison, Wayne and Seward townships. On August 22, 1885, she wedded Hollis L. Doran, the son of Nelson and Elizabeth (Blue) Doran. Her husband had graduated in 1885 from the Danville Business College, and taught bookkeeping and algebra in two of the county normals. Later he owned a dry goods store and a hardware store in Silver Lake, and was thus engaged at the time of his death, in 1900. One child was born to this union, Roy, born in February, 1887, who is well educated and lives with his mother. In 1895 subject married Samuel Jones, who was born in Knox county, Ohio, November 21, 1841. Mr. Jones came here when a boy and worked by the month, and was first married to Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Warren. His first wife died in November, 1894. Mr. Jones was a prosperous farmer and accumulated considerable property before his death. He was a member of the United Brethren church, in which faith he died, and was an active member, being at times steward and chorister, etc. He was highly respected for his many excellent qualities. Mr. Jones was a soldier during the Civil war, having enlisted June 4, 1862, in the Eighty-fifth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and after a faithful service received an honorable discharge at Camp Chase. Mrs. Jones' half brother, Henry Baughman, who now lives on the place with subject, was also a private in the Federal army during the Rebellion and served three years in an Indiana regiment. To her second marriage one child was born to Mrs. Jones, Ruth, born May 16, 1896. Mrs. Jones is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church of Burket. She is highly respected by a large circle of friends for her estimable qualities of mind and heart.

Progressive Men and Women of Kosciusko County, IndianaB. F. Bowen, PublisherLogansport, Indiana1902

SMITH HIGGINS. One of the families which came from Kentucky in the early settlement of this state, to find a home where slavery was not recognized, was that represented by the subject of this memoir. The grandfather of subject was a prominent slave holder of the Blue Grass state, and there the father of subject was partly reared. When he was a boy his father gave up slavery and came into the woods of Indiana to find a free home, in order that his growing children should not he raised under the blighting effects of that southern institution, slavery. They entered land where subject now resides, a tract of one hundred and twenty acres, which was partially covered with dense timber. In all this vicinity at that time there were splendid tracts awaiting the fanner at the usual government price and the settlers soon afterward came in very fast. The family came through in wagons, sought their land, camped in the wagon and under the trees while a rude log house was built, and began to clear off the heavy growth that covered the land as with a huge blanket. The father cleared off in his lifetime about fifty acres. He had few opportunities for securing an education, but managed to secure a fair schooling at the old log subscription schools. He was an intelligent and thrifty husbandman and took much pride in his farm and in his stock. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church and an active worker in church circles and was a liberal supporter of all worthy enterprises and movements.

The subject of this sketch, Smith Higgins, is the son of Joseph G. and Sarah B. (Smith) Higgins, and was born in Seward township, this county, January 7, 1855. He is one of four children born to his parents, as follows: Smith, subject; Thomas, who wedded and lives in Seward township; Myrtle, deceased; Mercy, who died when a young girl. The subject of this memoir was reared on his father's place and was given a good education in the common branches and passed the examination and was given a certificate to teach school in this county. He finished his education in the Indiana Normal School at Valparaiso, attending that excellent institution for one year. He then began to teach and taught in all nine months, giving excellent satisfaction, as his methods were excellent and modern. In early manhood he was joined in marriage with Miss Henrietta E. McMillen, who was a native of Lima, Ohio, her father being a resident of Valparaiso, Indiana, where the young couple met and when the subject was attending school there. Their marriage was celebrated February 20, 1879, and to them three children have been born, as follows: Lyman G., barn March 3, 1880, at home with his parents; Fred, born in 1882, lives at home; Thomas R., born August 9, 1885, lives at home. Upon his marriage Mr. Higgins moved upon the farm of his father, and has followed farming ever since, upon the death of his father, in 1879, taking charge of the old place. His mother died when he was a small boy. Mr. Higgins is a Republican and is much interested in his party's success, though he does not himself take an active part in politics. He and his wife are members of the Church of God, and he is one of the elders and trustees of that church. He makes a specialty of small fruit growing, and raises immense quantities of strawberries, blackberries, etc. He sells to commission houses, and his products go to all portions of the United States. He is thoroughly posted in the growing of the small fruits, is well known and highly respected. Mr. Higgins has in his possession an old parchment deed executed under the administration of President Martin Van Buren, and which is a valuable relic in the Higgins home.

Progressive Men and Women of Kosciusko County, IndianaB. F. Bowen, PublisherLogansport, Indiana1902

JOHN M. LLOYD. There is a great difference between the business ideas of fifty years ago and those of the present time. In former times there was a little or no co-operation among business men. The partnerships were small and the business was confined to lines wholly different from those of this day. The tanner was independent, and many men started smal1 tanneries, as it was found that the times required that the large number of furs in the country should be used up in some fashion. So here and there through the woods little tanneries were started and there the early settlers secured their supplies of leather. They either took their skins there to be dressed on shares or for so much money, and then journeymen shoemakers came through in the fall and the spring of each year to make the shoes of the family from the leather which they had obtained from their nearest tanner. The father of subject was a tanner by trade, but his period ran into the next one, and he therefore gave up that business and engaged in farming. The subject of this memoir was born in Fayette county, Ohio, June 17, 1840, and is the son of Amor and Roseann W. (Tully) Lloyd. The former was born in 1812, and died in 1857, at the age of forty-five years, while the latter was born in 1813 and died in 1887, at the age of seventy-four years. The Lloyds were of Scotch descent and the Tul1y family lived in Ross county, Ohio. The father of subject in early life learned the trade of tanner, and subject also learned it, but as it was distasteful to him he gave it up before he really started in it and took up farming, following the latter pursuit down to the present time. The parents met and were married in Ohio, and to them were born the following five children: John M., subject; Permelia, who became the wife of Isaac Vincent and is now deceased; Cordelia, who resides in Ohio and is unmarried; Melissa, who wedded Joseph Watts and lives in Illinois; Isabella, who is unmarried and lives with her sister Cordelia, in Ohio. Amor Lloyd worked at the tanner's trade until 1853, when he gave it up and bought a farm and began tilling the soil. In 1857 he sold his farm in Ohio and went to Missouri, where he bought two hundred and twenty-two acres and then returned to Ohio, but ere he could do anything farther he was stricken down by death, passing away November 25, 1857. He was a man of excellent parts and principles and his early death was a great blow to his stricken family. He was a prominent Whig in his time, and just before his death was just as prominently associated with the new Republican party. He served as justice of the peace for several years in Franklin township, Fayette county, Ohio, and served as postmaster of Otterbine for several years. At the same time he was obliged to carry the mail between Otterbine and Bloomingsburg once each week, making the trip of three and a half miles on horseback. In many ways he made himself useful in the busy world.

John M. Lloyd, the subject proper, began to learn the tanner's trade, but as has been stated, changed to farming. He was about thirteen years old when he went upon the farm and was about seventeen when his father passed away. Being the eldest child, the cares of his mother and his sisters were thrown largely upon his shoulders, but he did not spare himself and soon had the affairs left by his father in good shape. He remained at home until he was of age and then started out to do for himself. One of the first things he did, and it was very much to his credit, was to select a good wife and marry her. He chose Miss Mary C., daughter of Elijah and Nancy (Hopkins) Bloomer, who was born August 9, 1845, in Ohio and was reared on a farm, and hence was fitted to assist her husband instead of being a burden on his time and efforts. To this marriage six children were born, as follows: Arvada, born October 1, 1866, became the wife of James Alexander and lives in Franklin township; Dessie M., who was born November 8, 1869, is unmarried and at home and is a member of the Baptist church at Mentone; Eva, born February 19, 1872, was the wife of John Cook and died April 26, 1899; Franklin T., born September 23, 1875; Mace, born September 10, 1885. These children have all received good common-school educations and are an honor to their parents. The family came from Ohio to this county in 1868 and bought the farm on which Mr. Lloyd now lives, formerly part of the Bybee farm. Here he has since resided, engaged in the task of tilling the stubborn soil. In 1882 he erected his fine brick house. He makes a specialty of rearing grade hogs for the market and by his excellent methods makes most of his money. In politics he is a Republican, and has never voted anything but the straight ticket. The family is well known and highly respected. Mr. Lloyd is one of the leading and most successful farmers of the county.

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THOMAS CLARK HOLLOWAY. Thomas Clark Hol1oway, present trustee of Wayne township, Kosciusko county, Indiana, with his residence near the city of Warsaw, was born on a farm in Marshall county, Indiana, August 23, 1851. He is a son of Levi and Harriet (Mather) Holloway, who were born, reared and married in Stark county, Ohio, and came to Indiana two or three years prior to the birth of their son, the subject proper of this sketch. The parents lived on the Marshall county farm until about 1882, when they removed to Van Buren county, Michigan, and they now have a pleasant home in the great fruit belt of that state.

Thomas Clark Holloway was reared on the old homestead, and while assisting in the cultivation of the home place learned in addition the carpenter's trade and began to take contracts for buildings. In 1883 he came to Wayne township, Kosciusko county, Indiana, and purchased a farm two miles northwest of Warsaw, and engaged in contracting in conjunction with his farming, as a builder employing three or four assistants. Having been a lifelong Republican, and a very popular advocate of the principles of and a hard worker for the party, it centered its votes upon him and elected him township trustee in November, 1900, all office he has filled impartially and faithfully to the present time. Wayne township has eleven school buildings, all brick, and another now in the course of construction. Mr. Holloway's policy is to pay the highest salaries to the teachers and to keep the best instructors employed as long as possible.

March 16, 1878, Mr. Holloway was joined in marriage in Warsaw with Miss Jennie Robinson, a school teacher in Wayne township and the daughter of Stewart A. and Margaret (Conner) Robinson, who carne from Ohio and resides five miles south of Warsaw. Mrs. Holloway was educated in the township of Wayne and the city of Warsaw and at the age of seventeen began teaching; had taught in Marshal1 and Kosciusko counties until marriage, and since then has taught several terms in Kosciusko county only. Two children grace the union of Mr. and Mrs. Holloway, namely: Floren R., seventeen years of age, a graduate from the common schools and now a student in the high school; Harry M., a little boy of eight; Mrs. Holloway is a member of the United Brethren church at Zion, near her home.

Stewart Robinson and Margaret Conner were both natives of Ireland. Mr. Stewart was born in Dublin, was a first cousin of A. T. Stewart, deceased, formerly the dry goods prince of New York city, of marble palace fame, and with him, or near him, was reared as a boy. Mr. Robinson left his home when twenty-one years old and in 1849 arrived in New York city, where he learned shoemaking. He then made a trip through the south, located in Cincinnati, Ohio, and was there married, in 1851. In 1863 the family came to Kosciusko county, Indiana, and settled in Clay township, five miles south of Warsaw, where Mr. Robinson bought and cleared up a farm, on which he died at fifty-one years of age, his widow surviving him eleven years.

Besides having been a common-school teacher, Mrs. Holloway has been and still is an ardent Sunday school worker in the Zion United Brethren church. She and her husband both take an unusual interest in educational affairs, their respective vocations having brought them into close touch with the public schools. As a builder Mr. Holloway has won merited commendation from the public and as a business man his reputation is pure and unsullied and his trustworthiness as a township official is implicity relied upon by all citizens, regardless of creeds in politics, while as members of the social fabric he and wife hold relationship with the best people of the city of Warsaw and the township of Wayne. Their lives of usefulness have exerted a moral influence that permeates all classes, high and low.

Progressive Men and Women of Kosciusko County, IndianaB. F. Bowen, PublisherLogansport, Indiana1902

EMANUEL H. HOHMAN. If a list could be made of the original homes of the old settlers of this portion of Indiana, it would be found that a very large number of them came to this state from Pennsylvania. Their ancestors would be found to have settled in the Keystone state both before and after the Revolution, and would be found, also, to have come originally from the German empire. Thousands of our best citizens are of this descent and blood. The German people are noted the world over for their thrift, honesty, and industry, and for that reason the United States have always welcomed them to our shores. They undoubtedly constitute our best population. The subject of this sketch was born in Schuylkill county, Pennsylvania, October 28, 1862, and is the son of George and Lesetta L. (Sellers) Hohman. George, the father, was born in Germany and when a lad of thirteen years was placed upon his own resources. The laws of that country required that the youngest son should support his mother, if necessary. As the law was imperative, and as this was not required in the case of subject's father, the family planned to send the boy out of the country so as to escape the unnecessary measures of the law. Accordingly he was placed in a flour barrel, and was thus turned over to an uncle of his mother's, a sea captain, and in this manner he was smuggled out of the country. The barrels passed the government inspector, who so changed them that the boy was left standing on his head. This was soon relieved, much to his personal comfort. After the inspection was over the captain released the boy and took care of him until he was landed in America, after many days of tossing on the ocean. Upon disembarking he made his way to Pennsylvania and there soon found employment in a butcher's shop, which business he learned. His employer was a huckster in the butcher line and the boy was at first required to run the wagon. During his boyhood in Germany he was thrown among peoples of many different nationalities, and thus learned to speak and understand seven different languages. This was quite a valuable accomplishment, and made his services much more valuable to his employers. He remained in the Keystone state, working at various kinds of employment, and upon reaching maturity was united in marriage with Miss Lesetta L. Sellers. After his marriage he resided in that state for fourteen years, and during that time he made considerable money, which was saved for future investment. At the end of the fourteen years he came to Indiana and settled on the banks of Yellow Creek lake where he purchased a tract of forty acres of wholly unimproved land, and later bought forty acres more. When he came here he had four hundred dollars only. He had accumulated in Pennsylvania eleven hundred dollars, and had placed the same in a bank for safe keeping, but the bank failed and his hard-earned wages were saved for some one else. He applied his four hundred dollars on his farm in this county, and his family had to suffer for actual necessities. But they got through the trial and soon were in comfortable circumstances. While in Pennsylvania he had learned to make brick, and here he worked at this in connection with farming. His children were as follows: George W., Rosa, Edwin, Albert, James, Emanuel H., Emma and Samuel.

When Emanuel H. Hohman was eleven years old he was sturdy and strong and was required to take the molds and make a ful1 hand in the brick yard of his father. In the winters he had to cut wood and had but little chance to acquire an education. When he was thirteen years old his father died and he was then taken out of school entirely. Soon after this he was placed on his own resources and began to learn the carpenter's trade. One day, while on a building, he fell and fractured his skull, but as his constitution was excellent he recovered, though he partially lost his hearing. After that episode he worked at the cabinetmaker's trade, and continued until 1894, when he bought his present place and moved upon the same. On account of ill health he has taken up the idea of conducting a summer resort on the banks of Yellow Creek lake, one of the most beautiful bodies of water in the state. A great many people from far and near spend their summer months here in hunting, boating and fishing. Mr. and Mrs. Hohman were married February 22, 1886, the latter's maiden name being Ida J. Dirck. She was born June 25, 1864, and has presented her husband with four children, as fol1ows: Ray E., Winnie E., Bertha M. and Cloe R. Mr. Hohman is a member of the Republican party, but of late years has worked for the Prohibition ticket. He and his wife are most congenial people, stand high in the community for their many good qualities and are very agreeable as host and hostess to the many who come here for recreation. Mrs. Hohman is an excellent manager and they have at times as many as forty boarders.

Progressive Men and Women of Kosciusko County, IndianaB. F. Bowen, PublisherLogansport, Indiana1902